Are you saying get one because you have one? Wouldn't you be better off buying the dual core when it really gets happening and saving the money for now. For less than half the price and if it is for a gaming rig then why go dual core. I need proof that the dual core is worth more than twice the amount of money. Is there even a 25% increase in performance not to mention the 10% maybe in COD2. I am not bagging dual core at all, but for a sole gaming rig; c'mon spend the extra on a better vid card with maybe 512mb ram. Before we know it the 256mb vid card will be obsolete and one of the future proof things you could do was to get a 512mb current generation card surely.
Future proof the cpu maybe but not now, the technology is moving so fast and so are prices. It is a hard one

ok here it is Dual core wont boot the gaming performance. Here is my reason for buying Dual core AMD, whem i m playing game i do other stuff too, like listening to music, browising internet, chatting. so i need a good CPU that is really good at multitasking. So every penny i spent on my Dual core is worth it.

I know i'm late, but i'd get the 3800+ because L2 is for memory latency, and with the onboard mem controller on AMD's, the latency is really small. The 3800s OC really well too. I'd save my money for something else like 2x 1GB memory.

I know i'm late, but i'd get the 3800+ because L2 is for memory latency, and with the onboard mem controller on AMD's, the latency is really small. The 3800s OC really well too. I'd save my money for something else like 2x 1GB memory.

well i'm getting the 3800+ . i'm getting it next week, i'll test it and "report" back here. oh and it comes along with a 2x1gb ram that i'm getting.
in singapore, 4400 costs a bomb, so i'll stick with 3800+

further more the course i'm studying now is of game programming. so i'll definitely need a dual core to multi task in the future